State and Government in Ancient India c5.2

c5.2

(1) A section has been added to Chap. I explaining the precise scope and meaning of the terms like the *Rājyaśāstra*, *Daṇḍanīti* and *Arthaśāstra* used to denote the political science. The chapter now contains a more exhaustive discussion of the problem of the authenticity of the *Arthaśāstra* of Kauṭilya and gives a critical discussion of the value of the different sources of ancient Indian polity.